Workshop: Integrated and Regenerative Design

Course ID - CTD0440

Short Title: Regenerative Design

Audience

Faculty

Length
of Workshop:

6 hours (
4 F2F and 2 post workshop hours)

Prerequisite

* Approved CT&D Workshop for Faculty Professional
Development hours.
Description:
Integrated design utilizes the experience, skills and knowledge base of
a multidisciplinary team to create new systems and environments that
have optical social, environmental and economic impact. This workshop
will be led by Artist and Designer, Michael Singer, who will demonstrate
the integrated design approach for several medium and large-scale
architectural, landscape and infrastructural projects completed by his
studio. Mr. Singer will examine how teams of engineers, designers,
scientists, Integrated design utilizes the experience, skills and
knowledge base of a multidisciplinary team to create new systems and
environments that have optimal social, environmental and economic
impact. This workshop will be led by Artist and Designer, Michael
Singer, who will demonstrate the integrated
design approach for several medium and large-scale architectural,
landscape and infrastructural projects completed by his studio.
Historians, planners, sociologists, architects, systems specialists and
other professionals work in tandem to create unified design solutions to
meet the needs of projects with multiple challenges.
Through the process of integrated design, Mr. Singer will also
demonstrate how systems can be designed not only be sustainable but can
be planned as regenerative, helping to restore previously damaged
environments and systems.
Evaluation will include completion of workshop and participant must
write a reflection paper, minimum of one page, exploring steps to
including integrative design in content area, or a discipline specific
lesson plan that incorporates key concepts of integrative and
regenerative design. Paper or lesson plan is due to the director of
Earth Ethics Institute within three weeks of the workshop.

Objectives

As a result of successful completion of the
workshop, participants will be able to:

Explain the nature of the integrated design
approach and how to incorporate this approach in their projects

How to Register

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Registration system. The process for registering for a CTD
workshop will be the same as registering for a regular class at MDC.

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Registration screen. CTD classes will
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If you need special assistance to
participate in this workshop due to a disability, please call CT&D at
7-2366 so that appropriate arrangements can be made. College
Training and Development complies with the Americans with Disabilities
Act.